How
Tony Sheldon
voted compared to someone who believes that
the federal government should introduce a carbon pricing mechanism
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Tony Sheldon |
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The majority voted against a motion introduced by West Australian Senator Jordon Steele-John (Greens), which meant it failed.
Motion text
That the Senate—
(a) notes that:
(i) Australia exported $20.5 billion of goods and $12.9 billion in services to the European Union in 2018-19,
(ii) last week the European Parliament voted in support of the introduction of a carbon border tax, and the European Commission will be presenting the details of their Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism in June,
(iii) Australia's carbon price was set to link to the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme in 2015 and, if that had remained in place, Australian exporters would not be subject to carbon tariffs, and
(iv) the repeal of the carbon price by the Liberal National Government has unnecessarily exposed Australian exporters to carbon tariffs, which will particularly impact the competitiveness of Australian goods; and
(b) calls on the Federal Government to support Australian exporters and give them a competitive advantage by introducing science-based 2030 emissions reduction targets and reintroducing a price on carbon.
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absent
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Yes
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Not passed by a modest majority
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The majority voted against motion motion 1019 introduced by Queensland Senator Larissa Waters (Greens), which means it failed.
Motion text
That the Senate—
(a) notes that, under the carbon price legislation in place, Australian farmers were poised to be able to sell carbon stored on their land or emissions reduced through changed farming practices into the European Union carbon market, which would earn Australian farmers today a record high $54 a tonne;
(b) further notes that, when the carbon price was abolished by the Liberal government and Clive Palmer, this opportunity for new, lucrative income streams was stripped away, leaving Australian farmers less equipped to adapt to a changing climate and global markets;
(c) acknowledges that because of the Government's seven year sabotage of any meaningful climate policies, our major trading partners in the EU, UK, USA and Japan are all considering in the middle of this year adopting carbon border adjustment tariffs to prevent countries like Australia from free-riding off the work of other countries—our farmers now face tariffs of around $54 a tonne on their products; and
(d) urges the Government to negotiate with the EU so that Australian farmers can sell their abatement into their carbon markets and to apologise to Australian farmers for the financial damage their climate change policies are doing to them.
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absent
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Yes
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Not passed by a small majority
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How "never voted" is worked out
Normally a person's votes count towards a score which is used to work out a simple
phrase to summarise their position on a policy. However in this case
Tony Sheldon
was absent during all divisions for this policy. So, it's impossible to say anything concrete other
than that they have "never voted" on this policy.